<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Jul 28, 2010, at 1:03 AM, Max More wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Very relevant to the very recent discussion of Muslims wanting to build a mosque at Ground Zero in NY. Is that even true, as J.C. (John Clark, not Jesus Christ) assumes? I haven't verified the information in the following, but it says that's definitely *not* true.<br><br><a href="http://knappster.blogspot.com/2010/07/yes-this-is-litmus-test.html">http://knappster.blogspot.com/2010/07/yes-this-is-litmus-test.html</a><br><br></div></blockquote><div>Quotations from that site:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">The opponents of Cordoba House oppose private property rights. </blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>No more than any other zoning law, and anyway I never said the government should stop it, I said it displays incredibly boorish behavior for the Muslims to even think of building it. And if the government can tax me they can sure as hell tax that monstrosity! </div><div><br></div><div>It's not inconsistent for a libertarian to say somebody is a total slime-ball for doing something and also think the government should not use force to prevent it.</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">Cordoba House is not a "mosque." It's an "Islamic cultural center,"</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>And the Space Shuttle didn't explode, there was an energetic disassembly. </div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">The construction site for Cordoba House is not at "Ground Zero." It's
two blocks away</blockquote><br></div><div>Oh that is very different! A Nazi cultural center built in the middle of Auschwitz would be in bad taste, but one built 500 feet away would be just fine.</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>The opponents of Cordoba House generally claim to have knowledge of
Islam beyond that of us non-Muslims who don't obsess over who's
worshiping where.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't claim to have more knowledge of Islam than other people, but apparently I do have less fear of being called a bigot (as I was on this list) from fools who ignore an obvious evil.</div><div><br></div><div> John K Clark</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>